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Nov 11 2019

Specialist Care of Chronic Disease Patients

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A study in JAMA Network Open looks at specialist physician care of patients with chronic diseases.
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Nov 08 2019

Provider Consolidation’s Impacts on Medicare and Medicare Beneficiaries

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A presentation at the latest MedPAC meeting lays out the effects of provider consolidation on Medicare beneficiaries.
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Nov 07 2019

Responses to Cost-Sharing by Low-Income Patients

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A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines responses by lower-income patients to variations in cost-sharing amounts in ACA plans.
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Nov 06 2019

Hospital 340B Profits

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A new study relating to hospitals participation in the 340B program finds that they are making excellent profits, which was not the intention.
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Nov 05 2019

Medicare Shared Savings Program Analysis

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A paper analyzes whether actual better care management or selection of lower-risk patients drove early ACO shared savings program results.
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Nov 04 2019

Responses to Provider Consolidation

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The Center for Health Insurance Reform issues a report on how plans and regulators are responding to increased provider consolidation.
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Nov 01 2019

Mercer on Employer Health Benefits

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Benefits consulting firm Mercer deigns to share a few tidbits from its annual survey of employer-sponsored health plans.
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Oct 31 2019

Results from a Functional Model of Care

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A study in JAMA Open examines results from a Functional Medicine model of care.
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Oct 30 2019

Physician Burnout

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A report from the National Academy of Medicine focuses on clinician burnout.
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Oct 29 2019

Massachusetts Report on Health Cost Drivers

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A report from Massachusetts looks at why health spending isn't being better controlled despite the state's intensive efforts at reduction.
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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Research

This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

Headlines

IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
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Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026

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About This Blog

The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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